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G. RICHTER. RESERVOIR FOR PETROLEUM.

No.'244,078. Patented July 12, 1881.

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G. RICHTER. RESERVOIR FOR PETROLEUM.

No. 244,078. Patented July 12,1881.

L j 56 O J Inventor.

UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFIQEQ GUSTAVUS RICHTER, OF MILDENAU, BOHEMIA,AUSTRIA.

RESERVOIR FOR PETROLEUM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,078, dated July 12,1881.

Application filed March 29, 1881. (No model.) Patented in Belgium and inFrance August 23, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUsTAvUs RICHTER, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria, residing at Mildenau,in theKingdom of Bohemia, Empire ofAustria, have invented a new and useful Reservoir for Petroleum andother Oil, 850., (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in Belgium,No. 52,37 9, and in France, No. 138,382, both dated August 23, 1880,) ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in oilreservoirs in which thematerial or fluid is pumped up and runs into a vessel put on the coverof the reservoir; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to makethe overflowing material run back directly to the reservoir, and,second, to provide a mechanism for keeping such reservoir under lock andkey. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of areservoir with my improvement attached. Fig. 2 is a detailed section ofthe collecting-funnel. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section through the cock,at line z z, Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is a top view of the reservoir. Fig. 5 is amodification of the funnel provided with measuring apparatus. Fig. 6 isa section of the measuring apparatus, and Fig. 7 is a side elevation ofthe same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in all the figures.

The tank A is provided with a pump-cylinder, X, which is in connectionwith the discharge-pipe g. In said cylinder a piston-rod, 00, and piston00 reciprocate, said rod being provided with a'handle, X. Said handlehas a screwthreaded downward extension, which may be made to engage withsimilar internal threads in the top of tank A, so as to lock the piston.When the piston is moved up and down in the usual way the liquid isforced from tank A into and through pipe g. As the air withinmeasuring-tubeh would naturally resist the inflow of liquid throughopenings m, I provide said tube, as shown in Fig. 4, with an airoutlettube, h. This tube is provided with a stopper, k which is suspendedtherefrom by a cord or chain. When the tank or reservoir has beensufficiently supplied with liquid this stopper is inserted in the mouthof the outlet uring apparatus h, in which the discharge-pipe g'goes upnearly to the top of the apparatus h, Fig. 6, and is surrounded by thelarger pipe 1;. This outer pipe, *5, has small openings on at its lowerend, through which the oil or fluid runs into the glass tube or chamberh, where the scale 70, Fig. 7, shows the quantity. The cock 1 serves todischarge the contents of the glass tube h into a vessel placed underit.

The top D of the reservoir has on its inner side a-funnel-shapedchamber, B, attached, provided with a perforated plate, f, and a cock,

61,313 its lower end. The perforated plate f serves to retain dirt anddust which may be mixed with the oil or fluid. This chamber B is closedby a cover, a, provided with a bracket, 1), having an opening,which,when brought in line with the handle of the pump X, can easily belocked to the same. The stem 0 of the cock at is connected by solder orotherwise to a suitable projection, r, on the under side of this covera, by which arrangement the turning of the cover a will open or shut thecock (1, and thereby close the reservoir when desired.

The cover a is provided with a recess, at, capableof passing overthehead of a pin, 0, fixed into the reservoir-cover D. Another pin witha large head, 0, is likewise secured to this cover D. When the cover ais put over the collecting-funnel B it must be pushed first under thehead of the pin 0 in such a manner that the recess a passes over oraround the head of the other pin, 0. In this position the cock d will beopen, and any overflow of oil or liquid will pass into thefunnel-chamber B, through the cock (I, back into the reservoir A. Whenthe cover a is turned till the bracket 1) comes into line with thehandle of the pump, the same can readily be locked to said handle, andby this turning of the cover the cock (1 will be shut, closing therebythe reservoir.

The modification of the cover a shown in Fig. 5 only consists in anindentation or recess in the central part of said cover, and is moreparticularly used for tanks provided with the measuring apparatus.

I am aware that prior to my invention reservoirs for petroleum, oil, andother fluids have been made with a pumping mechanism operating inconjunction with a measuring apparatus, and I therefore do not claimsuch a combination, broadly; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination, in areservoirfor petroleum, oil, or other fluid, ofa collecting-funnel, B, having a perforated plate, f, with the cock cland the cover a, arranged to operate substantially in the manner and forthe purpose described.

2. In a reservoir for petroleum, oil, or other fluid, the combination ofthe collecting-funnel B with the perforated cover at, having a recess,20 a, the bracket 1), and the two pins 0 and c,substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

3. The combination of funnel B, cover a, cook 61, stem 0, and bracket b,having an opening in its outer end, with the handle X of a 2 5 pumppiston-rod, said parts being so arranged that the said bracket andhandle can be conveniently tied together or otherwise locked to eachother, for the purpose set forth.

GUSTAVUS RICHTER.

Witnesses EMIL HAASE, FRANCIS POSTAWKA.

